The fact that Free State rates in the bottom three provinces in the country for water quality and supply, along with Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, shows the total neglect of this crisis by the provincial government. The Blue Drop Report of 2012...
The National Water Resource Strategy 2 (NWRS2) is not only a Department of Water Affairs strategy, but rather belongs to and therefore should be implemented by the whole water sector. This was Marie Brisley of the Department of Water Affairs’ main...
EThekwini Municipality will be re-entering the Blue Flag Programme this year, according to a statement by eThekwini Mayor James Nxumalo made on Thursday 13 June 2013. “Since 2008 Durban has not participated in the Blue Flag Programme. Since then...
Three years since it became operational, King Shaka International Airport has made great strides in protecting and preserving the communities around it. The airport is Airports Company South Africa’s first green-field project, located 35 kilometres...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) president Dr Martin Van Veelenhas been elected as the new president of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO). Dr Martin Van Veelen was nominated and elected for this...
Uganda’s economy loses an estimate of 177 million U.S. dollars, 1.1 percent of GDP, annually due to poor sanitation, a new World Bank report released on Tuesday has said. According to the desk study, Economic Impacts of Poor Sanitation in Africa...
Despite the fact that the Madibeng Municipality is facing criminal charges for discharging unpurified sewage into the Crocodile River, its water was found acceptable in the 2012 Blue Drop report.Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa announced the...
The Department of Water Affairs has released the results of their 2012 Blue Drop Results. This is fourth Blue Drop Report and it is remarkable to note the impact this programme has had on the water sector over the past four years. Debbie Besseling...
Rachel Adatia and Pieter van Eeden couldn’t believe their eyes: the public park they had encountered was flooded with toxic acid mine drainage (AMD) and there wasn’t a warning sign in sight. “That a public park that is supposed to be there for the...
